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Thanks to Sheriff Henry Trochesset and his department for their recent assistance. My brother, living in San Leon, recently passed away. Immediately after being notified, I left my home in the Austin area for San Leon.

I have to agree with Leonard Woolsey's own personal opinion regarding burning the American flag ("Freedom of speech includes flag burning," The Daily News, Dec. 4). That is not a good thing, but I must disagree with his thoughts on "free speech."

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Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote that “The world will be saved by beauty,” which leads us to ask two rhetorical questions: first, does this mean that the world is lost and, second, is ugliness to blame for its condition? Rhetorical questions require no answer, but what we can see for ourselves is that in their multiple forms — artistic, personal and moral — beauty and ugliness contend for cultural supremacy. Today the general consensus among humanistic thinkers is that a “cult of ugliness” prevails.

Galveston CountyGalveston County approves final plans to build $4.2 million emergency shelter on Bolivar Peninsula

High Island emergency shelter rendering

A rendering of the $4.2 million emergency shelter planned for the Bolivar Peninsula, which will be built to withstand high-level hurricane winds. Officials anticipate it will be one of the strongest buildings along the Gulf Coast.

High Island emergency shelter rendering

A rendering of the $4.2 million emergency shelter planned for the Bolivar Peninsula, which will be built to withstand high-level hurricane winds. Officials anticipate it will be one of the strongest buildings along the Gulf Coast.

High Island emergency shelter rendering

A rendering of the $4.2 million emergency shelter planned for the Bolivar Peninsula, which will be built to withstand high-level hurricane winds. Officials anticipate it will be one of the strongest buildings along the Gulf Coast.

The county has approved final steps to begin construction on a $4.2 million emergency shelter on Bolivar Peninsula, which will be built to withstand high-level hurricane winds. Officials anticipate it will be one of the strongest buildings along the Gulf Coast.

The county commissioners court last week unanimously approved an agreement with High Island school district to build the 9,500-square-foot building on its property, which the school will use as a gymnasium on a regular basis during nonemergency situations. If a storm or hurricane strikes the vulnerable peninsula, the building will be used as a base camp for emergency responders to distribute supplies and park vehicles, the first facility dedicated to this purpose, officials said. It also will serve as a point of re-entry onto the peninsula following a storm.